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57 field morning of the 18th recoverd their dead and returnd to camp the Indians did not offer Battle. the Boys recoverd their dead without being molested. a little while after the dead was Brought to camp, the soldiers got orders to move on to the Indians and renew their attack. the Volunteers could not go as they did not have guns enough to go round. before the Boys got ready to go a messenger arrived from Fairchilds stating that Gilliam wanted to company to report to him that day. so they gave the dead a hasty Temperal Bural and started for their headquarters curseing the Indians. Vowing vengence to the Modoc Tribe the Volunteers vacated their camp. Immediately upon the departure of the soldiers headed for Linkville now known as Klamath Falls the most of the Boys was gunless and hatless. the Klamath Indians accompnied the Volunteers [text erased] two of their number was missing. the Modoc Indians in the Lave beds noted the departure of the Soldiers and Volunteers and Klamath scouts with delight they amused them selves by making the two captured Klamath prisoners cutting all kinds of monkey shines war dance and so forth one of theKlamath prisoners name was psin ta tumb weds Translated in English Night Traveler. the other the text illegible writer forgot the name